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A couple of weeks ago, I tie-dyed t-shirts with my son as an afternoon time-killer. We had a lot of fun doing it because it was easy (no seriously — it really was) and the shirts came out great! These were not the mediocre, faded Rit dye type of shirts I made in high school […]

Here’s how you fold a t-shirt to make a chevron tie-dye pattern. For basic dying instructions check out my Tie Dye Tutorial. Buy a tie dye kit here. Begin, by folding your t-shirt in half vertically. Fold over the top half of the shirt at a 45 degree angle. Fold the shirt back along the […]

Here’s how you fold a t-shirt to make a striped tie-dye pattern. For basic dying instructions check out my Tie Dye Tutorial. Buy a tie dye kit here. Lay your t-shirt out flat. Starting at the bottom of the shirt, fold the shirt into pleats. Continue pleating the shirt until it is all folded. Section […]

Here’s how you fold a t-shirt to make a crumpled tie-dye pattern. For basic dying instructions check out my Tie Dye Tutorial. Buy a tie dye kit here. Lay the shirt flat on your work surface and gather it up into random wrinkles by spreading your fingers out and crumpling it up in a disc […]

Here’s how you fold a t-shirt to make a little circles tie-dye pattern. (For basic dying instructions check out my Tie Dye Tutorial. Buy a tie dye kit here.) Lay your shirt flat on your work surface and pinch both layers of fabric where you’d like the center of the circle to be. Pull up […]

Here’s how you fold a t-shirt to make a bull’s eye tie-dye pattern. (For basic dying instructions check out my Tie Dye Tutorial. Buy a tie dye kit here.) Lay the shirt flat on the work surface. Pinch both layers of fabric where you want the center of the bull’s eye to be and pull […]